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If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the tr

If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. – Ruth Benedict

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Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. – Ruth Benedict

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Racism
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Ruth Benedict
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The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural. – Ruth Benedict

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Culture
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Ruth Benedict
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Other Quotes from
War
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Join the Army, see the world, meet interesting people — and kill them. – Pacifist Badge, 1978

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War

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. – David Friedman

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War

If you want to fight a war on drugs, sit down at your own kitchen table and talk to your own children. – Barry McCaffrey

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War

There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more of less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction. – George Orwell

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War

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Strong lager and some early Zep tunes. I ask thee, is there a better way to spend an evening? – Author unknown

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Music

An hour of basketball feels like 15 minutes. An hour on a treadmill feels like a weekend in traffic school. – David Walters

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Exercise

There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Self-Discovery

Mans only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever. – John Ruskin

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Happiness